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Engineering & Computer Science

The following engineering and computer science co-op monthly salaries are from the spring, summer and fall 2022 co-op terms.

They are based on 37.5 hours per week of work and 4.333 weeks per month.

Note: W-1 to W-6 = work term 1 to work term 6.

All programs (monthly)

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,609 $3,841
Median (middle) $3,467 $3,762
Mode (most frequent) $3,467 $3,813
Standard deviation  $850 $780
Number of work terms  597  865

Biomedical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,106 $3,104
Median (middle) $3,207 $3,017
Mode (most frequent) $2,500 $2,500
Standard deviation $671 $583
Number of work terms 27 58

Civil engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,760 $3,994
Median (middle) $3,565 $3,813
Mode (most frequent) $3,813 $3,813
Standard deviation $778 $465
Number of work terms 69 150

Computer engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,396 $3,852
Median (middle) $3,467 $3,834
Mode (most frequent) $3,467 $3,900
Standard deviation $403 $688
Number of work terms 19 34

Computer science

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,434 $3,834
Median (middle) $3,446 $3,675
Mode (most frequent) $3,000 $3,813
Standard deviation $643 $830
Number of work terms 139 94

Electrical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,958 $3,985
Median (middle) $3,738 $3,935
Mode (most frequent) $3,467 $4,160
Standard deviation $1,007 $780
Number of work terms 58 144

MADS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,381 $5,181
Median (middle) $4,200 $5,181
Mode (most frequent) $3,526 N/A
Standard deviation $1,030 $1,511
Number of work terms 15 2

Mechanical engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,699 $3,774
Median (middle) $3,480 $3,640
Mode (most frequent) $3,467 $3,813
Standard deviation $1,039 $742
Number of work terms 123 240

MTIS

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $4,420 $4,865
Median (middle) $4,225 $4,552
Mode (most frequent) $5,525 N/A
Standard deviation $909 $718
Number of work terms 19 6

Software engineering

  Junior (work terms 1 + 2) Senior (work terms 3 + 4)
Mean (average) $3,338 $3,889
Median (middle) $3,200 $3,640
Mode (most frequent) $3,000 $4,000
Standard deviation $502 $947
Number of work terms 63 137